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Holmes of fiction

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sherlock

(Other definitions for sherlock that I've seen before include "detective - with 18a" , "Mycroft Holmes's brother" , "Arthur Conan Doyle's detective" , "Mr Holmes" , "Fictional sleuth . . . . . . . . Holmes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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